BITCHY Synonyms: 88 Similar and Opposite Words

bitchy

adjective

ˈbi-chē

Definition of bitchy

as in malicious

having or showing a desire to cause someone pain or suffering for the sheer enjoyment of it a bitchy and vindictive boss who has punished workers who have had the gall to question the company's policies

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Recent Examples of bitchy Some Demna-sized—as in, calculatedly oversized—tailoring, and lots of bitchy, bratty handbag holding that made the accessories a focal point of most looks in the collection. — José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 17 May 2026 Brooke Lynn Heights can play the withering queen bee role she’s given in her sleep, while Marcia Marcia Marcia and Symoné prove amusingly bitchy lackies. — Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 9 June 2026 Come for the arch, bitchy humor promised by the title and the director’s general social media brand; stay for the unabashed sweetness of the enterprise; leave with the distinct sense that there’s more to Firstman than his online persona. — Guy Lodge, Variety, 22 May 2026 Newsom has also taken his happy-if-bitchy-warrior act into hostile territory by appearing on MAGA podcasts. — Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for bitchy

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According to the Macomb County Prosecutor's Office, 37-year-old Adam Mazur-Baker was arraigned Tuesday on one count of using a computer to commit a crime and one count of malicious use of telecommunications services.

— DeJanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 2 July 2026
This command executes malicious code inside the AppleScript directly.

— Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 2 July 2026

Definition of malicious

Adjective

The heat has become so unbearable in Japan that weather officials in April announced a new term for days when maximum temperatures exceed 104 degrees — kokushobi, meaning harsh or cruel heat, according to the Japan Times.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
For thousands of Venezuelans, however, the lack of definitive answers has become one of the tragedy’s cruelest consequences.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 3 July 2026

Definition of cruel

Adjective

Social media sites used for hateful comments Pumphrey made threatening posts on the social media platform YouTube and other social media sites, according to the guilty plea.

— Adam Thompson, CBS News, 30 June 2026
Political podcasters such as Tucker Carlson peddle conspiracies and lies, and there seems to be little consequence for hateful rhetoric.

— Bobby Zirkin, Baltimore Sun, 29 June 2026

Definition of hateful

Adjective

Including some rather nasty, big corpo bullies who enlist specialist teams to hunt down clues, and other players, too.

— Grace Dean, Space.com, 1 July 2026
Betty Kovacs, the eldest daughter of comedian Ernie Kovacs who with her sister Kippie and stepmother, actress-singer Edie Adams, was at the center of a nasty custody battle that kept Hollywood riveted in 1962, has died.

— Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 29 June 2026

Definition of nasty

Adjective

That if you were deemed, as an enslaved person, if you were deemed troublesome or in some way unwanted, you would literally be sold down the river from the more northern states to the deeper south where you would potentially be treated even worse.

— Dana Taylor, USA Today, 3 July 2026
Offer Real Value, Not Leftovers Most product bundles fail not because the idea is bad but because the execution misses what consumers actually want.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026

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